Senior Change & Transformation Consultant

Job description

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services. We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of what we do: UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!. The Senior Change & Transformation Consultant works at the heart of multidisciplinary teams to design and deliver sustainable organisational change. You will help clients adopt new capabilities, navigate complexity, and embed transformation that lasts. You will work across AI, digital services and modern ways of working, in partnership with clients and delivery teams. Our Change Management consultants are “T-shaped” by design: with deep expertise in Change Management, and with breadth across Organisational Design and AI. Typical Projects These are some of our recent high-profile transformation programmes across sectors such as education, social care, justice and government, including: Agile transformation: helping organisations adopt agile and product-led ways of working through new governance, team practices and capability building AI adoption and governance: leading the people side of AI implementation, driving adoption and embedding responsible AI practices DevOps transformation: enabling the cultural, structural and capability changes needed for continuous delivery and modern engineering practices Digital service delivery: supporting citizen-facing digital service rollouts through process redesign, training and stakeholder engagement Organisational resilience: helping organisations become more adaptive through new operating models, team structures and decision-making approaches Product management capability: building product maturity by defining roles, establishing roadmaps, and coaching leaders and teams Regulatory and policy change: supporting adoption of new data, technology and AI-related requirements while building confidence and compliance We are particularly interested in applications from candidates who can demonstrate robust experience in the following: Change Management & Stakeholder Leadership Experience applying recognised frameworks (e.g. ADKAR, ACMP, CMI, Kotter, Lean Change Management) to organisational readiness assessments, change strategy development, and risk mitigation Skilled in stakeholder engagement, communications, training and transition planning. You are able to influence at all levels, from frontline teams to executive leadership, using evidence, data and storytelling Experienced in designing, delivering and measuring adoption and behaviour change outcomes Confident coaching and mentoring leaders and teams through complex change Skilled at facilitating workshops that align stakeholders around a shared vision and build ownership of change AI-Enabled Transformation Strong understanding of AI as an enabler of business transformation Experience supporting AI adoption, governance, capability building, and responsible AI practices Confident using AI tools to enhance delivery and client outcomes Discovery, Diagnostics & Systems Thinking Capable of rapidly assessing organisational structures, cultures, processes and ways of working through discovery, stakeholder interviews and workshops Able to synthesise complex information into clear insights and recommendations Understands whole-system impacts and interdependencies, visualising change through stakeholder maps, impact assessments and journey mapping Experienced collaborating in multidisciplinary teams alongside designers, researchers, product managers and technologists Transformation Delivery Proven experience delivering change from mobilisation through adoption and hypercare, across domains such as digital and AI-enabled transformation, operating model change, and agile/DevOps adoption Comfortable navigating ambiguity and competing priorities; able to work with resistance to design interventions across people, process, culture and capability How You Work Builds trusted partnerships, working with clients rather than just for them Thrives in agile, collaborative, multidisciplinary environments Fosters psychological safety, inclusion and high-performing teams Certified practitioner in a recognised change management framework (e.g. ADKAR, ACMP, CMI, Kotter, Lean Change Management) Able to interpret performance data and organisational metrics to inform change decisions Skilled in systems thinking and co-design techniques Confident with collaboration tools such as Jira, Miro and Lucid Desirable Experience Worked to the GOV.UK Service Standard or within the public sector Worked on large-scale digital transformation programmes AI governance and implementation Agile coaching or organisational design At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability. Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Version 1 Pension with a 5% employee-matched contribution, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. 24 days holiday allowance plus Public Holidays, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & quarterly Star Awards. Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes. And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more. Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity. We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact Ashley.Smith@version1.com at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially. #LI-AS1 #LI-Hybrid